Tri-City Ledger -

Art program at FES a success

February 7, 2019

At the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education meeting Jan. 24, Flomaton Elementary School Principal George Brown presented an overview of the art program at the school this year to the school board, allowing 3rd grader Chloe Johnson and 2nd grader Cam Crawford to show board members their portfolios.

“When I got to FES, I tried to figure out what we could do to support the academics we have here, and I noticed we did not have art,” said Brown. “Coming from a county that had it at every school, I saw the benefits of it. My kids would come home every day and talk about what they lear...